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0 % Please redo this exam by following the instructions to use the Wikipedia Article, NOT an open google search!

My Research Topic is: Hawaiian Culture and Dance

Key words related to my Research Topic are: Hawaiian, Hula, Dance, culture, dance, meaning, and gesture

Part 1:

Examine Wikipedia articles that are directly related to your Research Topic and select a substantive article to evaluate. This could be an article about an idea (e.g., I might choose the one about Trance) or a person (if I were researching Reggae music, I might pick Bob Marley). Answer the following questions:

1. I chose to read and evaluate the article titled: (for extra credit, link the name of the article to the article in Wikipedia.) Hula; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hula '''I'm puzzled about which article you selected. I see one on Hula, but I don't see one titled, "Hula Dancers In Hawaiian Culture." Did you use Wikipedia for this?'''

2. Is there a warning banner at the top of the article? Yes or No No

If there is a warning banner, copy and paste the warning banner here.

Write an brief explanation of the reason the issues mentioned in the warning banner are important. For example, if the issue is “needs additional citations for verification,” why does that matter?

There are warning banners because they only want the article seen by certain people. It avoids hackers from finding the information they are looking for. It is all about legal and most importantly privacy. It's also there to take away any privacy rights. For example, "warning signs" when there are cameras around so people can't complain about being watching/recorded. Please note: If the article you are evaluating does not have a warning banner, choose a warning banner from a different article and explain the warning that is in that banner. the warning banner from another article states that "use of this system by any user authorized or unauthorized constitutes consent to this monitoring interception recording, reading, copying, or capturing and disclosure" which basically means continuing on this site is an okay for monitoring you and what you do.

3. Is the lead section of the article easy to understand? Does it summarize the key points of the article? Yes the lead section of the article is easy to understand and mostly summarizes the key point of the whole article.

4. Is the structure of the article clear? “Are there several headings and subheadings, images and diagrams at appropriate places, and appendices and foonotes at the end?” Yes there is good structure which makes the whole article and website clear to read and understand, there is also serval headings and subheadings to each section on what will be specifically talked about in that section. Along with structure the article includes pictures to get a better understanding.

5. Are “the various aspects of the topic balanced well”? That is does it seem to provide a comprehensive overview of the topic? Yes the article isn't too broad, it is very informative and to the exact point of each sub topic of the basic information on hula and Hawaiian culture.

6. Does the article provide a “neutral point of view”? Does it read like an encyclopedia article instead of a persuasive essay? It doesn't read like a persuasive essay at all. It is very informative with many important facts along with what people think about the culture but it is really right about the culture. It breaks down the most interest parts of the Hawaiian Culture.

7. Are the references and footnotes citing reliable sources? Do they point to scholarly and trustworthy information? Beware of references to blogs; look for references to books, scholarly journal articles, government sources, etc. Yes there are many references and reliable sources that are trustworthy.

8. Look for these signs of bad quality and comment on their presence or absence from the article you are evaluating: I didn't see or notice any bad signs and along with that they had certain words and phrases highlighted blue to send you to a link with more information on that very word or phrases which is highlighted. That was a good sign to to show that the author knew what they were doing when writing this article and when they put it up on their site.

a. is the lead section well-written, in clear, correct English? The lead section is very well written in my opinion, it was super clear to the point and it was all correct english and grammar.

b. are there “unsourced opinions” and/or “value statements which are not neutral”? Its mostly just facts about the Hawaiian culture and about hula dancing.

c. does the article refer “to ‘some,’ ‘many,’ or other unnamed groups of people,” instead of specific organizations or authors or facts? No the article does not refer to unnamed groups of people or any specific organizations, or authors.

d. does the article seem to omit aspects of the topic? No it does not omit aspects of the topic.

e. are some sections overly long compared to other sections of similar importance to the topic? Yes, some sections are longer than the rest because some subtopics are more important or there is more information that need to be told about that certain subtopic that can't be explain in a couple of sentences.

f. does the article lack sufficient references or footnotes? No, the article is good in every aspects and does not lack any references or footnotes.

g. Look at the “View History” for the article. As you read the conversation there, do you see hostile dialogue or other evidence of lack of respectful treatment among the editors? No I do not see hostile dialogue or other evidence of lack of respectful treatment among the editors. __________________________

Part 2:

Evaluate the Wikipedia article you selected using the CARDIO method. Write your answers following each word below:

Currency (When was the last update of this article? hint: check the View History The article was last updated October 6 2017, at 18:37 The Edit History tab in the Hula article shows the date of the most recent revision.

Authority (What evidence do you find that the author(s) of this article have the appropriate credentials to write on this topic?) The author seem to appropriate credentials because at the bottom is gives lists of important films, books, many references and external links. Relevance (to your research topic) This was very relevant to my topic. It also gave me more information for my topic that i was unaware of.

Depth This article went into great depth about the specific topics. Amazing depth all around in the main topic which was Hawaiin Culture and Dance. Wasn't vague and but got right to the point.

Information Format (I hope this one will be easy for you.) Not so much essay form but all correlated to one topic. Had own topics within the main topic, gave many paragraphs in those specific topics along with a heading.

Object (what is the purpose for creating this article?) The purpose for creating this article is to give people more information about the Hawaiian culture. It also corrects what everyone thinks about the Hawaiian culture and where hula dance came from.